Unisex name · since 1880
Bertie
Bertie has 13,736 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1928 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,366 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,860 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,736
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
13,736 babies have been named Bertie since 1880, making it today's #8860 unisex name.
Bertie has 13,736 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8860 as of the latest data, more common than 49% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,366 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,860 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13,736 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bertie ranks #1,366 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,860 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13,736 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,366 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,860 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,736
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bertie's 13,736 recorded births place it above 98.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by North Carolina.
How Bertie compares
13,736 Top 8% higher than 92% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bertie's all-time total is 37x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bertie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13,736 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 396 | 21 | 19,840 |
Bertie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bertie's SSA record in two at 1933 and the more recent half accounts for 21% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 79%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1928 peak of 396, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bertie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1928)
- 396
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Bertie popularity over time - boys
856 total births recorded since 1880 (Bertie as boys' name)
Bertie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (2,859 births, 21% of the file).
1920s was Bertie's strongest decade.
2,859 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Bertie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
1,153 births
- 1890s
1890s
1,669 births
- 1900s
1900s
1,831 births
- 1910s
1910s
2,637 births
- 1920s
1920s
2,859 births
- 1930s
1930s
1,831 births
- 1940s 1,026
1940s
1,026 births
- 1950s 418
1950s
418 births
- 1960s 147
1960s
147 births
- 1970s 60
1970s
60 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2010s 29
2010s
29 births
- 2020s 71
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 2,859 births (21% of all-time use).
How Bertie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Bertie's total volume
Bertie by state
Where Bertie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 920 | 6.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 849 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 706 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 653 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 596 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Kentucky | | 505 | 3.7% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 483 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 473 | 3.4% |
920 of 13,736 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Bertie appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Bertie's data
- Bertie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (2,859 total births); usage has since declined to 71 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Berties (920 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bertie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1928)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bertie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.